(4) Securing safety of fishery products and enhancing their labeling

In order to provide consumers with safe and reliable fishery products, fishery product processing plants and landing area markets have introduced the HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control point) system and other sanitary control systems.

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Very clean and hygienic auction place

For improving the distribution base of fishery products and ensuring their hygiene, highly sanitary cargo handling facilities with the HACCP system were established.

Thorough sanitary control and the effective movement of fishery products have contributed to improvement in product quality.

Besides the freight exit of the cargo handling place, a direct sales facility managed by the fishery cooperative was set up. The facility is bustling with shoppers.

◇ All food and drink for general consumers are labeled under the JAS (Japanese Agricultural Standard) Act.

◇ General rules on the names of fishery products were reviewed, taking into consideration the importance of local names conveying the features of respective districts.

## Quality Labeling Methods and Their Concrete Examples

## Fresh foods

Requirements for labelling the product name and the place of origin

Domestic products

Name: Saury (Defrosted frozen)

Place of origin: Off ___ Prefecture

Specify "Defrosted frozen" and "Cultured" for defrosted frozen products and cultured products, respectively.

Specify the name of the water area of production or the name of the district of production (the name of the prefecture where the main culturing farm is located). If it is difficult to specify the name of the water area, it is allowable to specify the name of the landing port or the name of the prefecture where the landing port is located (It is allowable to enter, together with the name of the water area, the name of the landing port or the name of the prefecture where the landing port is located).

## I mported products

Name: Yellowfin tuna (for sashimi use)

Place of origin: Product of South Korea (the North Pacific Ocean)

Specify the name of the country of origin (It is allowable to enter the name of the water area together with the name of the country of origin).

* For packed products, it is required to label the consume-by date, method of preservation, and the name and address, etc. of the manufacturer, etc. under the Food Sanitation Act.

* For fresh foods for business use, the same labelling is required.

## Processed foods

Requirements for labelling the product name, name of raw material, quantity of contents, consume-by date or best-before date, method of preservation, the name and address of the manufacturer, etc.

## Domestic products

For six processed fishery food groups, processed eel, and shavings of dried bonito, it is required to label the place of origin of the raw material in addition to the requirements stated above.

(Specify in parentheses in the column of the name of raw material or specify in the column of the name of the place of origin of raw material)

## Name: Salted cod roe

Name of raw material: Ovaries of Alaska

Pollack (USA, Russia), salt

Quantity of contents: 100g

Consume-by date: Year ___ Month ___ Date

Method of preservation: Preserve below $ 10^{\circ} $ C

Manufacturer: (Company name and address)

Specify the name of the country of origin. It is allowable to enter the name of the water area together with it.

(If the raw material is produced domestically)

State that it is a “domestic product.” In place of the statement of the “domestic product,” it is allowable to specify the name of the water area of production, the name of the landing port, or the name of the prefecture or any other generally known place where the landing port or the main culturing farm is located.

Name: Grilled fish

Name of raw material: Pacific mackerel, salt

Quantity of contents: 1 fish

Consume-by date: Year Month Date

Method of preservation: Preserve below $ 10^{\circ} $ C

Manufacturer: (Company name and address)

## I mported products

It is required to label the country of production “name of the country of origin” in addition to the requirements stated above.

## Name: Salted mackerel

Name of raw material: Atlantic mackerel, salt

Quantity: 5 fish

Consume-by date: Year Month Date

Method of preservation: Preserve below $ 10^{\circ} $ C

Name of the country of origin: Norway

Importer: (Company name and address)

*If there are two or more places of origin of a raw material, it is required to enter them in the order of the highest to lowest percentage of the raw material. If there are three or more places of origin of a raw material, it is allowable to specify the places of origin ranked third or lower in the weight percentage of the raw material as "Others."